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Spices May Protect Against High Blood Sugar Saturday, August 09, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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Herbs and spices are rich in antioxidants, and a new University of Georgia study suggests they are also potent inhibitors of tissue damage and inflammation caused by high levels of blood sugar. Researchers, whose results appear in the current issue of the Journal of Medicinal Food, tested extracts from 24 common herbs and spices. In addition to finding high levels of antioxidant-rich compounds known as phenols, they revealed a direct correlation between phenol content. (source: uga.edu)
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